AMERSHAM CC

Scorecard

Oxford v AMERSHAM CC Saturday 1st X1 on Sat 06 Aug 2016 at 11:30
AMERSHAM CC Won by 6 wickets

Match report Amersham beat league leaders to shake up HCPCL Division 2.

2nd and 3rd teams top their tables despite not winning at the weekend.

Even though Amersham had won their last seven games the gap to leaders Oxford had stubbornly refused to narrow over recent weeks. This changed dramatically on Saturday when 3rd place Amersham made it 8 wins in a row, winning by 6 wickets at Oxford.

Forced to make 2 changes due to the in-form Viney brothers being on holiday stand-in skipper Luke Jackson was keen to win the toss and protect his weakened batting line-up. This didn't go to plan but surprisingly Oxford captain John Barrett decided to bat first on a freshly prepared pitch. Opening bowlers Maduka Liyanapathiranage and Alex Lines immediately took the opportunity to shape the game with Oxford at one stage being reduced to 19 for 7 including losing three wickets in an over on 16 to Alex Lines. Harry Stephens (42*) did lead a fightback, supported by Mark Beer (18), but when Beer fell an over before lunch Amersham knew they were firmly in control. Liyanapathiranage needed only 8 balls after lunch to take the final two wickets, finishing with figures of 7 for 31 from 16.2 overs. He was well supported by Lines (3 for 23 from 12) who was unlucky not to take more wickets.

In reply Amersham knew they simply had to avoid losing early wickets to Samad Fallah, the leading wicket taker in the league this year. Led by Bruce Friedrichs (34*) they managed to do this and they reached the target in the 20th over, losing 4 wickets. The victory means that Amersham move into the promotion places, only 2 points behind new leaders Horspath. With 4 games remaining and the format reverting back to limited overs it appears promotion will be between these two teams and Oxford who lie a further 5 points behind.

Amersham play local rivals 9th placed Gerrards Cross this weekend and will have an almost full squad to pick from with only influential all-rounder Rich Stephenson being unavailable.

With 4 games to go an exciting end to the season is in prospect with 3 teams now firmly in contention for promotion and a real chance of these teams all playing at a higher standard of cricket next year.

Oxford Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
3nb 4lb 
for 10 wickets
7
86 (32.2 overs)		     
Shabaaz Alam ct  B Friderichs b M Liyanapathiranage 4 8 9 1 44.44
Vishane Perera ct  B Friderichs b A Lines 7 45 39 1 17.95
Harvey Eltham st  B Friderichs b M Liyanapathiranage 0 7 6 0
George Munsey b  M Liyanapathiranage 1 25 21 4.76
Harry Stephens Not Out  42 81 61 6 68.85
John Barrett ct  P Langley b A Lines 0 2 2 0
Shamilal Mendis b  A Lines 0 1 1 0
Owyn Tong-Jones ct  B Friderichs b M Liyanapathiranage 0 3 3 0
Mark Beer lbw  M Liyanapathiranage 18 47 39 3 46.15
Freddie Simon b  M Liyanapathiranage 7 11 9 1 77.78
Samad Fallah ct  L Jackson b M Liyanapathiranage 0 8 6 0

AMERSHAM CC Saturday 1st X1 Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Madhuka Liyanapathiranage16.2103174.431.90
Alex Lines12.062337.671.92
Haseeb Ali4.002800.007.00

AMERSHAM CC Saturday 1st X1 Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
1nb 4b 4lb 
for 4 wickets
9
88		        
Edward Bowcock b  S Fallah 11 19 19 2 57.89
Bruce Friderichs Not Out  34 77 44 3 1 77.27 3 1
Adam Ali lbw  S Fallah 1 3 5 20.0
Madhuka Liyanapathiranage ct  H Stephens b S Mendis 25 30 29 5 86.21
Richard Stephenson ct  O Tong-Jones b S Mendis 6 17 13 46.15
Paul Langley Not Out  2 4 6 33.33 1
Alex Cole  
Luke Jackson   1
Alex Lines  
Matthew Chapman  
Haseeb Ali  

Oxford Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Samad Fallah10.0044222.004.40
Freddie Simon4.021200.003.00
Shamilal Mendis5.1124212.004.65

  • Umpire :
    Panel
  • Scorer :
    Jess